Marinha da República Popular da China (PLAN)

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List of ships and boats commissioned to PLA Navy in 2016
Source:Navy.81.cn Published: 2017/1/6 17:53:51

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1027475.shtml

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China resumes production of Yuan-class submarines

Andrew Tate, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
05 January 2017


Three Yuan-class submarines being fitted out at China's Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan, central China. Source: Via top81.cn

Images posted on Chinese online forums in December show three new Yuan-class (Type 039B) patrol submarines being fitted out in the water at the Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan, central China: a clear indication that China has resumed production of these diesel-electric boats after a near-three-year hiatus.

The latest of the three submarines appears to have been launched around 12 December, according to online forums.

The initial variant of the Yuan class (Type 039A) entered service in 2006. Overall length is 77 m with a beam of 8.4 m, displacing around 2,700 tonnes when on the surface and 3,600 tonnes when dived, according to IHS Jane's Fighting Ships.

Equipped with six 533 mm (21 inch) torpedo tubes, weapon loads are likely to be a mix of anti-ship missiles, such as the YJ-82, and heavyweight torpedoes, such as the Yu-6.

Although not officially confirmed, most sources believe that the Yuan class has a conventional diesel-electric configuration supplemented with an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system.

The performance of the AIP is unknown but it should be expected to extend the interval between when the submarine has to run the diesel engines to charge the batteries from hours to days. This will enable it to maintain a minimal noise signature and thus makes it more difficult to detect.

The hulls of the Yuan class are clad with anechoic tiles, to minimise any return echoes when pinged by active sonars.

Establishing an accurate picture of the number of submarines built for China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) presents some difficulties. The PLAN is more secretive about its submarine force than about other platforms and the absence of pennant numbers in most photographs makes identification and monitoring the build/disposal programme susceptible to errors.

Most sources agree, however, that the first four Yuan-class submarines were of the same design (Type 039A) and entered service between 2006 and 2010.

http://www.janes.com/article/66691/chin ... submarines

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The sole Type 051B destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy, Shenzhen (167), prior and after the upgrade. Via Snake /forums.airbase.ru

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PLAN commissions another intelligence-gathering ship

Andrew Tate, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
11 January 2017


China's latest intelligence-gathering ship was commissioned into the PLAN's North Sea Fleet on 10 January, according to Chinese media reports. Source: Via sina.com

China's latest intelligence-gathering ship was commissioned into the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) at a ceremony in Qingdao on 10 January, according to Chinese news media reports.

Named Kaiyangxing (pennant number 856), the vessel was built at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai and is the fourth of the Dongdiao class (Type 815) to be commissioned in the past two years.

The first of the six 6,000-tonne ships currently in service with the PLAN was commissioned in 1999. Subsequent vessels have had changes made to their superstructure and masts, and are generally referred to as Type 815A.

The ships have a highly distinctive profile with very large spherical radomes, which are likely to be covering sensitive dish antennas for intercepting and collecting very low-power radio signals.

There are differences between the ships in the configuration of the antennas and Kaiyangxing has a unique flat-topped cylindrical radome above the bridge.

The six vessels in service are allocated evenly between the PLAN's North, East, and South Sea fleets.

http://www.janes.com/article/66853/plan ... ering-ship

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Third China Coast Guard Type 054 "Civilian Edition" launched at Guangzhou's Huangpu Shipyard Saturday, October 29, 2016

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Chinese DDG Shenzhen has completed modernization; now fitted with Type 054A weapon suite.

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5th Type 052D destroyer Xining (117) is commissioned into the North Sea Fleet today at Qingdao naval port.

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Images reveal mock-up of Chinese carrier-borne AEW&C aircraft

Richard D Fisher Jr, Washington DC and Gabriel Dominguez, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
30 January 2017


Released in online forums on 26 January, this image shows what appears to be a full-scale model of a Chinese navalised AEW&C aircraft on China's land-based carrier mock-up in Wuhan. Source: Via Weibo

Images posted on online forums show what appears to be a full-scale model of a Chinese navalised airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft on China's land-based carrier mock-up: an indication that the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is seeking to equip a future carrier with such aircraft.

Published on the social media platform Weibo on 26 January, the images show the model, which looks similar to the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye AEW&C aircraft, near the city of Wuhan, in China's central Hubei Province.

The photographs are seen as a yet another indication that China is looking to develop a catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery (CATOBAR)-equipped aircraft carrier.

The reason behind this assumption is that an E-2 Hawkeye-type aircraft would need a catapult to take off from an aircraft carrier and could therefore not operate from a short take-off but arrested recovery (STOBAR) carrier, such as China's only operational carrier, Liaoning.

Expectations that China's third carrier, which is commonly referred to as the Type 002, will be equipped with catapults were reinforced in early August 2016 when images emerged showing the country's land-based aircraft carrier mock-up undergoing modifications. Most significantly, its ski-jump section had been removed.

Moreover, on 15 September images were released of a Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) J-15 in flight featuring what appeared to be modifications to its front undercarriage that would enable the aircraft to conduct catapult-assisted take-offs.

The Chinese military has multiple AEW&C programmes under way. The development of a carrier-borne AEW&C aircraft may provide the country's future carriers with a broader spectrum of capabilities possibly matching those of US carrier air wings.

http://www.janes.com/article/67323/imag ... c-aircraft

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New 10, 000 tons class training ship of PLAN (pennant number 83).

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China building third aircraft carrier, says report

Gabriel Dominguez, London and Andrew Tate, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
24 February 2017

As the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN's) second aircraft carrier, commonly referred to as the Type 001A, nears completion, Chinese state-owned media have reported that the country's third aircraft carrier is also under construction.

Li Jie, a naval military expert, was quoted by the Global Times newspaper on 21 February as saying that the carrier, commonly known as the Type 002, will be "entirely different" from China's previous carriers and that it will look like a "US aircraft carrier rather than a Russian one".

China's first carrier, Liaoning, is a Soviet-era Admiral Kuznetsov-class carrier acquired from Ukraine and commissioned in 2012, while the Type 001A, China's first indigenously built carrier, is a follow-on from the Liaoning design.

http://www.janes.com/article/68236/chin ... ays-report

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Video ilustrando as fases de construçao do primeiro PA indigena Chines

http://www.pearvideo.com/video_1029365

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The sole Type 051B destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy, Shenzhen (167), prior and after the upgrade. Via Snake /forums.airbase.ru

Será que a PLAN nos empresta este navio por uns tempos, até conseguirmos dar conta do Prosuper um dia?
Ele sozinho, antes ou depois da reformar, vale praticamente pelas 6 Niterói que temos.

abs.

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New 10, 000 tons class training ship of PLAN (pennant number 83).

TAQUEOPARIU, navio de 10.000 tons só para TREINAMENTO?

Os chinas parecem estar falando SÉRIO, POWS!!!

Década que vem vai ser um prazer ainda maior estar no DB, só para ver os debates quando eles começarem a cantar de galo na Ásia, não vai ter nem pra US Navy, a Ásia vai mudar de dono outra vez, já foi da Inglaterra, já foi do Japão, ainda é dos EUA e a seguir...

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Imagina o Forum Defesa China

Todas as semanas pelo menos um tópico novo referente a um navio novo

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A China está construindo a sua marinha em termos gigantescos. Mas números apenas não dizem tudo. É preciso saber até onde a qualidade da tecnologia empregada e suas funcionalidades tornarão a PLAN realmente capaz de, operacionalmente, enfrenar a marinha do Japão, e principalmente, a US Navy.

Realmente, a próxima década irá dizer-nos se os chineses efetivamente serão capazes de assumir seu lugar ao sol no extremo oriente,e quiçá no mundo.

abs.